Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Drinking Buddies 2013

  ★★★★ Rewatched 30 Nov 2023

  The decision to actually drink on set was a great one, they look plastered in every scene.

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  The Witches 1990

  ★★½ Watched 01 Nov 2022

  Good to see mice getting some serious screentime in a non-animated movie.

Popular reviews

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  The Social Dilemma 2020

  ★★ Rewatched 25 Sep 2020 3

  I am pretty worried about political polarization and I think the basic argument about misaligned incentives is sound. Some of the proposed solutions are interesting and should enter the national conversation.

  But the evidence of harm is hyperbolic and one-sided. One brief mention of adaptation and past technology panics that is immediately dismissed without a counterargument. Zero confrontation of evidence that belief in propaganda is overstated and negative mental health effects in adolescents are inconsistent and small.

  Ironically designed to persuade rather than first and foremost inform, the pot calling the kettle black.

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  Burning 2018

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 20 Aug 2019 1

  Changed my review to 5 stars after viewing a second time. Liking Murakami is not a prerequisite to loving this movie but definitely enhances it. Below I echo what this article describes in more detail:

  www.polygon.com/2018/11/4/18055958/haruki-murakami-books-movie-adaptations-burning

  
  I've never read "barn burning" (but definitely plan to now), but Murakami's work has common plots, motifs, and themes that to me feel difficult to adapt to the screen. But this film manages to capture three essential elements of his style. First, the protagonist…

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